Patents by Inventor Manabu Yanagimoto

Manabu Yanagimoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8984684
    Abstract: The magnetic resonance imaging device of the present invention includes a gantry and a bed part comprising a top panel, the gantry comprises a circumferential panel covering outer circumference of a tunnel-shaped static magnetic field space, and a front panel having an opening serving as entrance of a bore for the static magnetic field space, this front panel comprises an arc-shaped outer panel extending from an upper part of the opening serving as entrance of the bore to the ground plane via both sides of the opening, and an inner panel disposed inside the outer panel, a portion connecting the outer panel and the inner panel constitutes a top surface protruding forwardly, and the inner panel is formed in a recessed shape with a concave curved surface extending from the top surface to the opening serving as entrance of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ninomiya, Masaru Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Yanase, Manabu Yanagimoto, Takeshi Yatsuo, Hiroyuki Ohzeki
  • Publication number: 20130184564
    Abstract: The magnetic resonance imaging device of the present invention includes a gantry and a bed part comprising a top panel, the gantry comprises a circumferential panel covering outer circumference of a tunnel-shaped static magnetic field space, and a front panel having an opening serving as entrance of a bore for the static magnetic field space, this front panel comprises an arc-shaped outer panel extending from an upper part of the opening serving as entrance of the bore to the ground plane via both sides of the opening, and an inner panel disposed inside the outer panel, a portion connecting the outer panel and the inner panel constitutes a top surface protruding forwardly, and the inner panel is formed in a recessed shape with a concave curved surface extending from the top surface to the opening serving as entrance of the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ninomiya, Masaru Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Yanase, Manabu Yanagimoto, Takeshi Yatsuo, Hiroyuki Ohzeki
  • Patent number: 8003907
    Abstract: To reduce the number of erroneous operations, on an operation apparatus conducting mutually different operations such as opening and closing operations, a concretized human pictogram indicating mutually different state changes such as state changes represented by use of a face with opened eyes and a face with closed eyes associated with operation signals assigned to a pair of operation switches and a pictogram in which the human pictogram is combined with an operation pictogram representing a state in which a door concretizing an operation target to operate in response to an operation signal is opened or is being completely closed are respectively attached to the operation switches disposed adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Akiko Obata (nee Nakajima), Atsushi Maki, Yukari Yamamoto, Manabu Yanagimoto, Yujin Tsukada, Chizuko Sasanabe
  • Publication number: 20100243381
    Abstract: In a method of marking pictograms, for reducing the number of erroneous operations, on an operation apparatus conducting mutually different operations such as opening and closing operations, a concretized human pictogram indicating mutually different state changes such as state changes represented by use of a face with opened eyes and a face with closed eyes associated with operation signals assigned to a pair of operation switches and a pictogram in which the human pictogram is combined with an operation pictogram representing a state in which a door concretizing an operation target to operate in response to an operation signal is opened or is being completely closed are respectively attached to the operation switches disposed adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi HOSHINO, Akiko (nee Nakajima) OBATA, Atsushi MAKI, Yukari YAMAMOTO, Manabu YANAGIMOTO, Yujin TSUKADA, Chizuko SASANABE
  • Publication number: 20090128507
    Abstract: The information display apparatus is equipped with: a display unit for displaying a plurality of choice items in the list form; a control unit for controlling an array of the choice items; and a track ball for instructing a coordinate signal. The choice items are displayed in a matrix array constructed of N rows M columns in which the choice items are sequentially arranged from an upper portion to a lower portion of said matrix array, and along right and left directions thereof; magnification is changed based upon a coordinate signal of the track ball along a Y-axis direction; a display screen is scrolled along right/left directions based upon a coordinate signal of the track ball along an X-axis direction; and the matrix array is changed based upon a number of rows to be displayed in correspondence with increased/decreased numbers of the rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Takeshi HOSHINO, Tatsuya Tokunaga, Masashi Ichifuru, Manabu Yanagimoto, Masaki Takano
  • Publication number: 20090118865
    Abstract: Described herein is a robot having a camera mount that is movable along a curved surface of an upper part of the head, on a front side thereof, and two units of cameras that are mounted in the camera mount. The cameras are disposed such that the cameras are laterally separated from each other at an interval substantially equivalent to a lateral width of the head, respective extremities of the cameras are substantially flush with the front end of the head, and the cameras are positioned in close proximity of the upper end of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Saku EGAWA, Ryosuke NAKAMURA, Azusa AMINO, Junichi TAMAMOTO, Manabu YANAGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 7520615
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which can display different text/image information depending on the viewing angle and the viewer, display a high reality three-dimensional image viewable from any direction and realize stereoscopic viewing without glasses or the like. The display apparatus includes a display unit having a view angle-limiting filter on its surface, a rotary mechanism to rotate the display unit and a control unit which implements control so that when the display unit, rotated by the rotary mechanism, is faced to each of plural directions, the display unit displays a different text/image content associated with the direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Rieko Otsuka, Atsushi Ishibashi, Youichi Horii, Manabu Yanagimoto, Yukinobu Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20070064201
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which can display different text/image information depending on the viewing angle and the viewer, display a high reality three-dimensional image viewable from any direction and realize stereoscopic viewing without glasses or the like. The display apparatus includes a display unit having a view angle-limiting filter on its surface, a rotary mechanism to rotate the display unit and a control unit which implements control so that when the display unit, rotated by the rotary mechanism, is faced to each of plural directions, the display unit displays a different text/image content associated with the direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: March 22, 2007
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Rieko Otsuka, Atsushi Ishibashi, Youichi Horii, Manabu Yanagimoto, Yukinobu Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7059729
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a screen which can rotate and provides a part for controlling view angle, a mirror group which comprises a plurality of mirrors arrayed in a ring form along a surface of a circular cone which sets a central axis as an axis of rotation of the screen, and a plurality of electronic projectors arranged at positions where oppose to mirror faces of the mirrors comprising the mirror group and project different image divisions representing different sides of an object to the different mirror faces, wherein each of the electronic projectors is arranged so as to project the image division to the mirror group, and each of the mirrors is arranged on optical path of optical system which the image division projected from the electronic projector is reflected on the mirror face and is projected to the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Rieko Otsuka, Atsushi Ishibashi, Youichi Horii, Manabu Yanagimoto, Yukinobu Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20050185825
    Abstract: Projector units in a table display a content list, a content selected by the content list and the like, on screens. Infrared rays are uniformly irradiated to the screens from a plurality of infrared LED's. A camera unit images the silhouette of an object touching the screens to judge whether the silhouette is formed by a pointing member such as a fingertip for touching the content list or by an object other than the pointing member. If it is judged that the pointing member such as a fingertip touches the screens, a content menu is selected from the content list.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Youichi Horii, Yukinobu Maruyama, Yoh Miyamoto, Mariko Kato, Manabu Yanagimoto
  • Publication number: 20050041218
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a screen which can rotate and provides a part for controlling view angle, a mirror group which comprises a plurality of mirrors arrayed in a ring form along a surface of a circular cone which sets a central axis as an axis of rotation of the screen, and a plurality of electronic projectors arranged at positions where oppose to mirror faces of the mirrors comprising the mirror group and project different image divisions representing different sides of an object to the different mirror faces, wherein each of the electronic projectors is arranged so as to project the image division to the mirror group, and each of the mirrors is arranged on optical path of optical system which the image division projected from the electronic projector is reflected on the mirror face and is projected to the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Rieko Otsuka, Atsushi Ishibashi, Youichi Horii, Manabu Yanagimoto, Yukinobu Maruyama
  • Publication number: 20030095032
    Abstract: A tag management server includes a database for storing tag management information corresponding to respective ID tags, wherein the tag management server judges whether the inquiry is legitimate or not, based on tag information corresponding to an ID tag managed by the tag management server, the tag management server retrieves tag management information corresponding to the tag information used in the legitimate inquiry from the database, and when the corresponding tag management information is retrieved, the tag management server supplies the tag management information to an inquirer, and when the inquiry is not legitimate or when corresponding tag management information is not retrieved, the tag management server gives a notice of the fact to the inquirer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshino, Manabu Yanagimoto, Yoshihiro Iwama, Takashi Yoshimaru
  • Patent number: 5966129
    Abstract: An image producing/displaying apparatus capable of inputting a command for changing a state of an object regardless of a form of the object includes a virtual world expressing system for constructing a virtual world including at least one object and environment in which the object exists and producing an image for visually displaying at least part of the virtual world, an output system for visualizing the image produced by the virtual world expressing system and outputting the image, and a command input system for inputting a command to the virtual world expressing system. The command input system detects a movement state of a specific pixel pattern contained in an image formed by an imaging device and extracts feature quantity from the movement state to recognize the command so that the command is notified to the virtual world expressing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Matsukuma, Manabu Yanagimoto, Hiroaki Takatsuki, Narihiro Munemasa, Toshio Moriya, Nobuhiro Sekimoto, Tsuneya Kurihara, Masanori Miyoshi
  • Patent number: D681207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ninomiya, Masaru Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Yanase, Manabu Yanagimoto, Hiroyuki Ohzeki, Shin Hoshino, Satoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: D681208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ninomiya, Masaru Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Yanase, Manabu Yanagimoto, Satoshi Yamashita, Satoshi Iizuka
  • Patent number: D681815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Medical Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Ninomiya, Masaru Yokoyama, Kazuyuki Yanase, Manabu Yanagimoto, Shin Hoshino, Satoshi Yamashita
  • Patent number: D824978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Azusa Amino, Manabu Yanagimoto, Ryosuke Nakamura, Hisahiro Koshizuka, Akihiro Yamamoto